If you’re a female student considering a career in Finance, this fast track programme is aimed at giving you a head start at building your career in a dynamic and commercial environment, for a leading entertainment brand.  Alongside the opportunity to build your network and understand what it takes to succeed as a management accountant; we'll be offering several of our strongest candidates from the insight week a place on our February 2023, August 2023, or February 2024 Graduate programmes.  

Commercial Finance influences key business decisions, supports on new product launches and advises on whether we should invest in a new TV show or a game-changing piece of technology; whilst managing company-wide budgets. All whilst enjoying a collaborative, caring culture that helps us achieve brilliant things. There’s only one place you’ll see action like this in your career – and that’s Sky.  

What you’ll be doing
This fast track programme comes in 2 parts.

Insight Week – 15th to 19th August 2022

• Kicking off the week with exciting activities on the Sky campus in Osterley, including a campus tour which includes our award-winning Sky Central building, Sky Studios, the many onsite eateries and our brand-new Innovation Centre
• We’ll bring the role to life with opportunities to shadow current Finance Graduates and undertake a real-life project looking at what Sky should invest in next
• Explanation of the CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) qualification, including top tips on how to be successful from current employees in Finance
• Take part in bespoke skills sessions, which will give you in-depth insight into our Finance Graduate programme as well as how to succeed in our assessment centre
• Network with interesting people across Sky, particularly inclusion advocates within Finance who can tell you more about the culture at Sky and how you’ll be supported (i.e., employee networks, social events, perks and more).

During this week, you'll be reimbursed up to £15 per day for travel and food. 

At the end of this week, you’ll be invited to an assessment centre, where if successful you’ll be one of the first to get an offer at Sky for our 2023/24 graduate intakes.

Graduate programme – starting February 2023, August 2023, or February 2024
You’ll go on three, year-long placements, spanning the entire business. From content and channels, to product development and technology, sales, and strategy. Plus, you’ll be financially supported to study for your CIMA qualification while gaining relevant experience – meaning that you’ll be able to join the world’s largest and leading professional body of Management Accountants. 

Through your business rotations, you’ll learn how to set budgets and track against them, develop business cases to support projects and investment decisions, analyse data to provide key insight, and collaborate with teams across the business to meet and exceed our business targets. 

You’ll enjoy a brand new, action-packed, learning experience with us as part of your graduate programme. We’ll help you grow into a great future leader, with the right tools and support. Our 2-year learning and development programme sits alongside your graduate programme and supports you during your programme and beyond. Plus, you’ll have access to a range of tools, from workshops to digital courses (like LinkedIn Learning), which will help you along the way.

At the end of this Graduate programme, you’ll roll off into a permanent position. 

Who we’re looking for
Achieving a better gender and ethnic balance is high on our list, so we’re investing in programmes to help us get there. This programme is specifically for young females interested in a career in Finance. 

You must be going into your final year (in September 2022) or have recently graduated (summer 2022 or earlier).

Other skills we’re looking for include:

• Commercially minded and a problem-solver 
• Collaborative and great with people
• A self-starter, eager to drive change in an exciting and dynamic environment.

The insight week experience is taking place in person so ensure that you are available for these dates (15th – 19th August 2022) at our Osterley campus at 1 Grant Way, Isleworth, TW7 5QD.

Application Process
Step 1: First, complete our short application form by entering your details and academic information. 

Step 2: Once your application has been submitted, you will be invited to our immersive digital assessments (so look out for our email, you may need to check your junk mail just in case). Your programme requires 3 digital assessments to be completed prior to shortlisting to the Insight Week. 

The first digital assessment looks at your behavioural and cognitive strengths through online immersive assessment. In the second digital assessment, you’ll be required to review various sets of information and be asked questions related to this. Part of this stage will include a recorded video interview, but don’t worry there will be  a practice round.  The third digital assessment will be a standard numerical reasoning test. 

If you are successful you’ll be invited to our Insight Week that has been designed give you the skills to be in the best possible position to pass the assessment on the last day. 

Step 3: The final stage will be a digital assessment day which will take place on the final day of your Insight Week. You’ll have the opportunity to impress us through a variety of tasks, which may include a group discussion, an individual interview, and smaller programme related exercises.

Once you’ve completed your assessment day, we’ll let you know the outcome the very same day. 

So why wait?
Apply now to start an amazing career and be part of a brilliant Finance team. We can’t wait to hear from you. 

The closing date for applications is Sunday 31st July 2022, so apply now to avoid disappointment. 

If you have any questions, please contact the Early Careers team via email at earlycareers@sky.uk. We’re more than happy to help.

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